A Puritan Catechism

Compiled by C. H. Spurgeon

I am persuaded that the use of a good Catechism in all our families will be a great safeguard against the increasing errors of the times, and therefore I have compiled this little manual from the Westminster Assembly's and Baptist Catechisms, for the use of my own church and congregation. Those who use it in their families or classes must labour to explain the sense; but the words should be carefully learned by heart, for they will be understood better as years pass.

May the Lord bless my dear friends and their families evermore, is the prayer of their loving Pastor.

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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. (ESV)

2 Timothy 2:15

Afterword

Spurgeon published this catechism for use by his New Park Street congregation in the year 1855. At the time the young pastor was 21 years of age and already drawing large crowds to hear his preaching